We are continually improving the quality of our text archives. Please send feedback, error reports,
and suggestions to archive_feedback@nytimes.com.

A version of this archives appears in print on December 6, 1904, on Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: EMPIRE EXPRESS IN PERIL.; Central's Fast Train Plows Into Freight Wreck -- Locomotive Derailed. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe